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Agenda – Friday, February 7, 2025
SPECIALTY DAY: Infectious Diseases in Pediatrics (VIRTUAL)
All presentations will be given in English unless otherwise specified. Participants can however submit their questions in English and French.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- recognize a variety of issues related to pediatric infections, including their presentation, prevention, and common challenges.
- identify the latest developments in RSV prevention in Quebec.
- ability to develop an approach for addressing families who are hesitant about vaccines.
08:00-08:30
Sign-in
08:30-08:35
Welcome and Introduction
08:35-09:20
Vaccine Hesitancy
Speaker coming soon...
Marina Salvadori, Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
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09:20-10:05
Influenza
Jesse Papenburg
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Associate Member, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Learning objectives to come...
Learning objectives to come...
10:05-10:25
Stretch Break
10:25-11:10
Penicillin Allergy
Francisco Noya
Pediatric Allergist-Immunologist, Pediatric Infectiologist, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Dermatology, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the different types of drug hypersensitivity and types of clinical reaction.
2. Understand the consequences of being “labeled” with penicillin allergy.
3. Recognize different varieties of skin rashes appearing during amoxicillin therapy.
1. Identify the different types of drug hypersensitivity and types of clinical reaction.
2. Understand the consequences of being “labeled” with penicillin allergy.
3. Recognize different varieties of skin rashes appearing during amoxicillin therapy.
11:10-11:55
Congenital Syphilis
Christos Karatzios
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, McGill University Health Centre, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Become familiar with the distinctive clinical presentation of congenital syphilis.
2. Understand the nuances of managing gestational syphilis and congenital syphilis.
3. Be aware of the increase in cases in Nunavik and a quick overview of the strategies used by the Nunavik Public Health Department in their Congenital Syphilis Prevention Program.
1. Become familiar with the distinctive clinical presentation of congenital syphilis.
2. Understand the nuances of managing gestational syphilis and congenital syphilis.
3. Be aware of the increase in cases in Nunavik and a quick overview of the strategies used by the Nunavik Public Health Department in their Congenital Syphilis Prevention Program.
11:55-13:00
Lunch
13:00-13:45
Viral Exanthems / Infectious Rashes
Earl Rubin
Division Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the cause of the rash that goes with 5th disease, and while we're at it, include 1st to 6th diseases.
2. Recognize the signs of measles and know what to do about it, given the recent increase in cases around the world.
3. Recognize the most important vesiculo-papular lesions in a newborn that cannot be missed.
1. Understand the cause of the rash that goes with 5th disease, and while we're at it, include 1st to 6th diseases.
2. Recognize the signs of measles and know what to do about it, given the recent increase in cases around the world.
3. Recognize the most important vesiculo-papular lesions in a newborn that cannot be missed.
13:45-14:30
Infection Control in the Office Setting: Management of Exposures and Public Health Implications
Marie-Astrid Lefebvre
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the modes of transmission of various viral and bacterial infections.
2. Understand basic principles of the management of exposures to certain viral and bacterial infections.
3. Be knowledgeable about public health aspects of exposure management, including school and daycare exclusions.
1. Describe the modes of transmission of various viral and bacterial infections.
2. Understand basic principles of the management of exposures to certain viral and bacterial infections.
3. Be knowledgeable about public health aspects of exposure management, including school and daycare exclusions.
14:30-14:45
Stretch Break
14:45-15:30
Fever in the returning traveler
Jane McDonald
Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician and Medical Microbiologist, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Recognize important features of travel history that impact patient health.
2. Learn how to recognize key features of febrile illnesses in returning travelers through case discussions.
3. Understand the laboratory work-up of febrile returning travelers, including key microbiologic tests.
4. Identify elements in the history and physical exam that require emergency attention.
1. Recognize important features of travel history that impact patient health.
2. Learn how to recognize key features of febrile illnesses in returning travelers through case discussions.
3. Understand the laboratory work-up of febrile returning travelers, including key microbiologic tests.
4. Identify elements in the history and physical exam that require emergency attention.
15:30-16:15
Pediatric UTI’s
Nadine Korah
Pediatician, Division of General Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Objectives coming soon...
Objectives coming soon...
16:15
Closing Remarks